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| Title |
Effectiveness and cost of quick diagnostic tests to determine tetanus immunity in patients with a wound in french emergency departments
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| Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, November 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12879-014-0603-3 |
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| Authors |
Dieynaba S N'Diaye, Michaël Schwarzinger, Dorothée Obach, Julien Poissy, Sophie Matheron, Enrique Casalino, Yazdan Yazdanpanah |
| Abstract |
BackgroundTétanos Quick Stick® (TQS) is a test for tetanus immunity screening for wounded patients in emergency departments (EDs), but represents additional costs compared with a medical interview on vaccination history. The study objective was to assess the effectiveness and cost of the TQS in French EDs.MethodsWe performed a model-based analysis that simulates screening of tetanus immunity and risk of tetanus based on prophylaxis administration. Strategies compared were: i) diagnosis of tetanus immunity by ¿TQS¿; ii) ¿Medical Interview¿ (current practice). The study population was 1,658,000 French adults seeking ED care for a wound in 2012. Model parameters were estimated based on French national surveillance data, and published literature. Outcome measures were number of tetanus cases, life years gained and costs (2012 ¿) from a societal perspective.ResultsUse of TQS had negligible impact on health outcomes (0.02 tetanus cases/year in France vs. 0.41 for ¿Medical Interview¿), but resulted in a decrease in annual costs of ¿2,203,000 (¿42%). Base case and sub-group analysis showed that with the same effectiveness, the average cost per patient was: ¿13 with ¿Medical Interview¿ vs. ¿11.7 with TQS for the overall cohort; ¿28.9 with ¿Medical Interview¿ vs. ¿21 with ¿TQS¿ for tetanus-prone wounds; ¿15 with ¿Medical Interview¿ vs. ¿14.1 with ¿TQS¿ for patients aged ¿65 years; and ¿6.2 with ¿Medical Interview¿ vs. ¿7.8 with ¿TQS¿ for non-tetanus-prone wounds.ConclusionsUse of TQS is as effective and less costly than ¿Medical Interview¿ when applied in ED to wounded patients with tetanus-prone wounds or aged ¿65 years. However, it is more expensive in patients with non-tetanus-prone wounds. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Spain | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 30 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 5 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 10% |
| Other | 2 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 4 | 13% |
| Unknown | 10 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 20% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 3% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 1 | 3% |
| Psychology | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 5 | 17% |
| Unknown | 14 | 47% |
Attention Score in Context
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